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Three goals
Student usage rates of new technologies Where students are, where students need to
go Social Media in the Classroom: Ning,
Facebook, and Blogs
Percentage of adult literacy learners in NYC with computer access at home
Citywide, 66%! Program managers guessed 42% and Teachers guessed 46%
At OBT, 73%! Others use computers at libraries (20%), at friends’ houses (38%), and elsewhere (18%).
Percentage of adult literacy learners in NYC that use social networking sites
Citywide, 58%! At OBT, 52% of students have a MySpace
page: 63% of OSY, YAIP, and GED students have a page, while only 23% of
ESOL students have them.
At OBT, 29% of students have a Facebook page: 34% of OSY, YAIP, and GED students have a page, while only 17% of ESOL students have them.
Percentage of OBT students who use blogs, Twitter, and Linkedin
13% of OBT students use blogs
8% use Twitter
3% Use Linked In
Where are the students?
Grab a partner. You have five minutes to discuss. Out of the technologies discussed, MySpace, Facebook, Ning, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Blogs:– What are students using currently?– What are students NOT using currently?– What kinds of people are using these
technologies?
All Whites (75%)
All Blacks (59%)
English-Speaking Hispanics (80%)
73%* of the population reports using the internet or email. Here is a breakdown of use among different online groups.(shown as a percentage of population online)
18-29 Years Old (90%)
30-49 Years Old (85%)
50-64 Years Old (70%)
65+ Years Old (35%)
No High School Degree (44%)
College Graduates
(91%)
<$30K Income (53%)
>$75K Income (95%)
Men (73%)Women (73%)
*Source: Pew Internet & American Life Survey, May 2008. http://www.pewinternet.org
** This statistic comes from the Pew Internet Project’s Latinos Online data, collected June-October, 2006.
High School Graduates (63%)
Urban (74%)
Rural (63%)
Suburban (77%)
Spanish-Dominant Hispanics (32%)**
Compare this to your own usage rates
In Survey Monkey you reported:
– Facebook: 67% only 29% of students have a Facebook page
– Blogs: 67% only 13% of students read blogs
Social media isn’t going anywhere
Their space v. their future
Where the social capital is
According to a survey in December 2008 by The Pew Internet & American Life Project, 95% of people who have a college education use the internet as opposed to 35% of people with less than a high school education.
40% of high school grads have a Facebook or MySpace account compared to 55% of those with some college and 52% of those with at least a college degree (Harris Poll).
Using social media in the classroom
The power of self-publishing Using social media to increase time-on-task
and ultimately improve education Three tools to try: Ning, Facebook, and
blogs. According to survey monkey, 4 people wanted to learn more about Ning and Facebook and 6 wanted to learn more about blogs.
More Fun = More Education
At St. Mary’s in Ohio, there were two classrooms of 5th graders. One used mobile technologies in the classroom, one didn’t. Here are the results:
Without With
Reading 15% 46%
Math 42% 71%
Ning.com
Ning helps you develop issue-based social networking sites.
Pluses: Similar to blogs, can make your classroom private.
Minuses: Slightly more complex to use than blogs. Doesn’t have a natural draw.
Do: Take 10 minutes to create a profile and explore Ning: http://newdigitalworld.ning.com/
Discuss: What do you notice? What ideas do you have on how to use it?
Pluses: Engages students in a technology with utility beyond the classroom, can make your group “private”
Minuses: Must have a facebook page profile, more challenging to navigate in a classroom environment, higher risk of students not staying on-task during lessons, staff needs to create new personal profile
Do: Go to facebook.com and start a profile if you don’t have one already. Let me know when you are ready and I will add you to the “Social Media in the Classroom” private group.
Discussion: What works for you? What doesn’t?
Blogging
Pluses: teaches students how to blog, can be set to “private,” simple in format
Minuses: no linkages to broader networks Do: www.blogger.com. Sign in and set up your
own classroom blog. When you are done, check out www.socialmediaintheclassroom.blogspot.com
Discuss: How can you use this in the classroom?
To sum it up
Many of our students are already using technology in their personal lives, but few are using it in the classroom.
Technology works in the classroom because it is fun, increasing time-on-task.
It is important for our students to be fluent in technology so they can communicate with those outside their social networks.
Resources
Wired Magazine, The New Literacy: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-09/st_thompson.
Bates, A.W. & Poole, G. (2003). A Framework for Selecting and Using Technology, In A.w. Bates & G. Poole, Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education (pp.75-108). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Retrieved July 2009 from http://www.batesandpoole.ubc.ca/chapter-4.html
Cell Phones as Instructional Tools. Webinar. http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=154461&sessionid=1&key=F6D1D2D288709C1B15A12F74A57B0660&eventuserid=26644635
“Just under half of Americans have a Facebook or MySpace Page” Harris Poll. http://harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/pubs/harris_poll_2009_04_16.pdf
“Demographics of Internet Users.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. 26 Feb 2009 http://www.pewinternet.org/trends/User_Demo_Jan_2009.htm.
Internet Access Image: http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2008/Degrees-of-Access-%28May-2008-data%29.aspx
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